Portable devices

What items can we take?

We can take both working and broken devices. Please return working devices to factory settings if possible! We can also take the chargers that go with your devices, but please save any other chargers for our cords and chargers category!

Cell phones

Tablets

Laptops

E-readers

MP3 players

GPS devices

External hard drives

Cameras

Gaming devices

Remote controls

Modems and routers

Headphones

Wireless or corded

Keyboards and mice

Wireless or corded

Smart watches

Flash drives and thumb drives

What isn’t in this category?

We're just sticking to small devices for this pickup. Please ask us if you're uncertain.

Appliances

Lamps & lighting

Cords

Save these for our cords and chargers category!

Monitors

Computer towers

Smoke detectors

TVs

Hair dryers, curlers, or irons/straighteners

Electric toothbrush handles

Portable devices.

Every year, there is a new upgrade or the next best version of your devices.

Sitting around the house are obsolete tablets, e-readers, phones, laptops, music players, and GPSs that just don't get used anymore.

These devices can still be used by others or broken down to be recycled over and over again. Don't just let your Walkman collect dust!

Why use Ridwell?

Some devices can be reused while others are taken apart to be recycled into new things.

Please return your devices to factory settings if possible, but if you're not able to not then don't worry! Our partners will securely wipe the information from every single device we give them.

Partnering with Free Geek

Free Geek launched on Earth Day 2000 as part of a community-wide public event at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland. In September of that year they opened the doors to their facility on Southeast 10th Avenue as a recycling/reuse drop off for electronic waste. Since then, Free Geek has become an industry leader in the fields of electronic waste recycling and digital inclusion programming.

Over the past 20 years they have grown into a 25,000-square-foot community education hub, adding classes, internships, outreach and job skills training to their ongoing commitment to sustainability.